This movie has many famous actors, besides Paltrow and Damon, including Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Kate Winslet who play Dr. Leonora Orantes, Dr. Ellis Cheever, Alan Krumwiede and Dr. Erin Mears, respectively. There are many scenes where these actors show off their wonderful acting, such as when Cheever sees the janitor and offers to help his ADHD child. He proves to be a truly good man on more than one occasion, such as when he actually goes to help the boy by giving up his own care. He also proves himself to be a kind and thoughtful man when he calls Dr. Orantes and asks him how SHE is doing, not how her work is going but how she herself is doing. Orantes proves herself to be a good woman when her dying act involves trying to give her jacket to a man because she is cold. Mears shows that she has a kind heart when she rushes back to tell the village that their "cure" was a placebo. Of all the main cast, the only one who doesn't seem to have a kind heart is Krumwiede. He proves himself to be a manipulated and deceitful man when he decides to risk the lives of his fans by lying to them to try to earn money and
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